A homeless who does not want his 43,000 euros in inheritance: nearly 26,000 people have already given up on their share in Belgium since January 1

“In reality, it is on his part of a family inheritance. However, He removed this money from the bank because he no longer had confidence in the system. However, Monsieur leads a marginal life. For example, he lives in the street, goes to associations that offer showers to homeless“, Details among others the lawyer mandated by the family of this gentleman. For example, One of the advantages of the successions is that everything is recorded, noted and recorded at one point.

With these documents. Therefore, the black toga, which prefers to remain anonymous in this story, was able to prove to the authorities that this money indeed belonged to its client, that after more than a year of procedure. For example, Everything is set positively homeless who does not want therefore last November and money is returned by bank transfer to the lawyer for the homeless. However, “”But the concern is that he does not want to come and recover his money“, Had the lawyer.”When I manage to contact him. Meanwhile, he tells me that he will spend the next day, but he never does it“, He continues without losing hope that a day the homeless comes to recover his money. For example, In the meantime, he is recorded on a specific bank account.

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This funny story of the homeless who refuses to recover her inheritance. even if each context is different, brings us back to all these Belgians who renounce their inheritance right. Nearly 26. 000 of them have already entered a free renunciation request from a notary in the first homeless who does not want half of 2025, as the notariat federation (Fednot) reveals, at the end of July.

Nearly 60,000 Belgians

In 2024, nearly 60,000 Belgians took the same approach. Previously. it was necessary to pass a court to renounce an inheritance but the procedure has been simplified since, allowing just a passage to the notary. A procedure that has gained popularity in recent years, going from 39,794 in 2019 to 58,459 last year. “”If an heir does not take any approach, the State will consider that it accepts the estate. He will then have to pay the debts of the deceased, enter a declaration of succession. To avoid this. the heir has every interest in writing a declaration of renunciation in a notary “, Recalls Sylvain Bavier, spokesperson for notary.be.

The only condition to respect for such a notarial request is that the assets of the estate does homeless who does not want not exceed 6,093.20 euros. The idea of this approach is to avoid heirs to settle the debts of the deceased.

“HAS Starting from that moment (free renunciation. editor’s note), the creditors of the deceased will no longer be able to address heirs to claim payment of debts. Concretely, it is enough that the heir gives a copy of the act of renunciation to creditors. Please note. the heir therefore renounces all the property of the succession homeless who does not want and he cannot therefore claim any personal objects such as photos and others “, Details Sylvain Bavier again.

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“There are two main reasons for the renunciation of a succession, the first and the principal being obviously the debts. The second could be described as renunciation of convenience. For example people who have no more contact with their parents for 20 years. they no longer want to do with them, even if the active“, Sylvain Bavier explains to us again. There is still the case of substitutive renunciation. when we jump a generation, when parents give up an inheritance and bequeath the rights to their own children.

In some cases. people also refuse real estate even if the succession seems to be beneficiary on paper and this because of the work to comply with goods. “”I have not witnessed it personally homeless who does not want but it can indeed happen. We arrive at a time to sell. rent a property, there are a whole series of standards to be respected and it costs the current owners too much. Therefore this problem could be found in a succession“Concludes the notary.